On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying "Shhh" and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
